News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the finance industry.
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06-10-02
NEW YORK, New York - The number of American companies reporting on environmental, social and sustainability performance continues to rise, reflecting a global trend toward greater reporting of corporate responsibility issues, according to KPMG LLP, the U.S. professional serv...
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03-08-02
Comerica (NYSE:CMA), a leading financial services company, announced today that Susan Gill has been named president of the bank's Technology and Life Sciences Division, succeeding Richard Casey. Casey will remain with Comerica, focusing his efforts on various strategic initi...
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02-26-02
Earthwatch Institute announces a $16 million grant from HSBC Group, one of the world's largest financial services organizations, to train 200 scientists and send 2,000 HSBC staff over 5 years to work on vital conservation research projects worldwide. For the full release, pl...
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12-20-01
PNC Bank, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE: PNC), announced today that it is donating more than $65,000 to area food banks in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey. The donation follows a weeklong effort during which PNC agreed to contribute $25 t...
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06-07-01
Communities across America were richer by 11,770 units of affordable housing at the end of 2000, thanks to community development lending by Bank of America.
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03-15-01
The Bank of America Foundation today announced $10 million in grants to United Way of America in support of Success By 6® initiatives across the country. The grants, which are the third phase of a $50 million commitment, are the largest the Foundation has made and one of the...
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01-29-01
Bank of America today announced the following initiatives within the company to promote energy conservation.
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01-23-01
Bank of America has set up an account in response to the January 13 disastrous earthquake in El Salvador. Anyone across the United States may make a cash donation to the Salvadoran American Health Foundation (SAHF) at Bank of America banking center locations.
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01-10-01
Bank of America this year plans to hire approximately 850 former welfare recipients in a wide variety of jobs as part of the company's Welfare-to-Self-Sufficiency program. Since the program's inception in 1998, more than 3,000 former welfare recipients have been hired by the...
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01-04-01
On Saturday, February 10, 2001, Celebration and Vision: The Hewitt Collection of African-American Art will open at the California African-American Museum located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. Recognized as one of the century's most comprehensive collections of African-A...